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Re:Gas Engines, and the People Behind Them, Are Cast Aside f... by petermcneeley on Saturday July 24, 2021 @11:19PM (#27946423)
The notion of lifting up on the accelerator is a different concept in an electric car vs a combustion engine.

The energy can easily go somewhere. You can just put it through larger resistors or UltraCaps.

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Re:Gas Engines, and the People Behind Them, Are Cast Aside f... by bin_bash on Saturday July 24, 2021 @11:27PM (#27946447)
> The notion of lifting up on the accelerator is a different concept in an electric car vs a combustion engine.

I said the brakes are the same, not the accelerator.

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Re:Gas Engines, and the People Behind Them, Are Cast Aside f... by vvanders on Saturday July 24, 2021 @11:36PM (#27946493)
Not really if you've ever driven a manual transmission. Regen usually is stronger but the drive feel is not dissimilar.
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